SOFTBALL BEAT : SWINGING A HEAVY BAT.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Her nickname is Bam-Bam, for good reason. Sylmar High's Veronica Ramos can hit the ball. Hard. And far. Last week, the transfer from Van Nuys crushed two balls that didn't land until they reached the Spartans junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. field well past the varsity outfield. ``Those were a couple of tape-measure shots,'' Sylmar coach Chuck Miller said. In nine games, Ramos is batting .583 with 13 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in , three home runs and two doubles in just 31 at-bats. Ramos, an All-City selection last year with the Wolves, wasted little time impressing her new team with her power potential. ``We knew it was there from the beginning of practice,'' Miller said. Ramos bats fourth, and the Spartans count on her to provide most of the offensive punch. Moving up in the world Div. V Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. , longing for respectability but plagued by its small-school status, plays with the big girls this weekend. The Bobcats (5-1) open against highly regarded Alemany (6-3) on Friday at 3 p.m. in the High Desert softball tournament at Lancaster City Park. The pitching matchup features Boron's Summer Richardson and Alemany's Kim Deiner, two of the state's best all-purpose players. ``Everyone expects us to lose,'' said Richardson, coming off a 20-strikeout performance against Rosamond. ``But I think we can play with anyone. To us, Alemany is just another team.'' Welcome to `small ball' Chaminade is making some changes after losing four of its first six games. The Eagles are making some subtle adjustments to try to spark an offense that has scored just three times all year. So, the emphasis now is on things like bunting bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male reflects sunlight as a rich, metallic blue; the painted bunting, or nonpareil ( , stealing and moving runners. ``We're going to force other teams to defend little ball,'' Chaminade coach Steve Harrington said. ``I've always been a big believer of small ball.'' Harrington is pleased with the Eagles defense and the pitching of ace Maureen LeCocq, who is 1-4 despite giving up just two earned runs and posting an 0.34 ERA. The problem is a lack of power. ``We just want to give Maureen a little more support,'' Harrington said. ``She doesn't need much more than one or two more runs a game.'' Blumfield of dreams El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Because of her talents in the field, her offense sometimes gets overlooked. Blumfield is making it harder to ignore her batting. Blumfield is the Conquistadores' leader in RBI and triples and is third on the team in batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. . --- Gerry Gittelson contributed to this report Daily News Top 10 Ranking School Record LW 1 Camarillo 4-0 2 Scorpions beat Westlake in a key Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. game. 2 Highland 8-0 3 Flexes muscles with three home runs Wednesday. 3 Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. 6-1 1 Lost to T.O., but nobody thought they'd go undefeated in tough Marmonte. 4 Hart 8-2 4 Split a doubleheader with tough La Reina La Reina (Spanish: "The queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region. . 5 La Reina 9-2 5 Opened eyes with split against Hart. 6 Burroughs 8-2 6 Plays crosstown rival Burbank next Thursday. 7 Kennedy 8-2 7 Patty Del Real off to a great start. 8 El Camino Real 8-2 NR Showdown against Kennedy next week. 9 Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. 4-1-1 NR Big win against Simi Valley last week. 10 Saugus 6-3 NR Moulden shuts out Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. . CAPTION(S): Box BOX: Daily News Top 10 (see text) |
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